# If you could bring a dead rock star back to life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662 "2008-08-11T21:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiritinthesky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiritinthesky/32/7324_2.png) [@Spiritinthesky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritinthesky)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/1 "2008-08-11T21:24:12Z")
If you could bring a dead rock star back to life for one gig, who would it be? John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly, Freddie Mercury? Or someone else? This Day in Music are carrying out a world-wide survey to see which dead rock stars people would want to see again - for one night only! \ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/2 "2008-08-11T21:30:37Z")
Assuming this isn’t just spam, my vote goes to Jim Morrison. I’d love a whole show, but if I could just once hear “The End” (the longest version possible!) played live with him as frontman…well, I think my brain would just melt in delightful trippy cathartic angst. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/3 "2008-08-11T21:47:38Z")
I’d like the return of the king, with an early Las Vegas show, which contrary to popular belief probably was one of the best acts in show business ever. Everybody, from New York journalists to Hollywood stars, went nuts, and I would like to experience why, by being right there. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/4 "2008-08-11T21:50:31Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Assuming this isn’t just spam, my vote goes to Jim Morrison. I’d love a whole show, but if I could just once hear “The End” (the longest version possible!) played live with him as frontman…well, I think my brain would just melt in delightful trippy cathartic angst. [/QUOTE] My vote for Mr. Mojo too. Lennon would have been good, but only if we get George back and the Beatles for a gig. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/5 "2008-08-11T21:51:44Z")
I’d say Freddie Mercury. ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/6 "2008-08-11T22:04:22Z")
Jimi hendrix ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/7 "2008-08-11T22:06:20Z")
Another vote for Mr Mojo Risin. I’d love to hear the “Onk a chonk chonk, a chee chonk chonk, a alright!!” from Roadhouse Blues live…or even better, The Soft Parade. \*\*“When I was back in seminary school…” \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/8 "2008-08-11T22:15:41Z")
Oooh, Jim Morrison is a good one. I did see him live, back in the old days. However, I think my vote would be Janis Joplin. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Wing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Little\_Wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Wing)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/9 "2008-08-11T22:20:23Z")
For a more recent rocker (comparatively speaking), my vote is Stevie Ray Vaughan. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/10 "2008-08-11T22:28:42Z")
I banned the OP for posting multiple links to his website, but the thread is interesting, so I’m going to go ahead and leave it. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/11 "2008-08-11T22:59:22Z")
As a Bruin (and Doors fan), of course I have to cast my vote in favor of the Lizard King. I’d sure like to see Janis, though. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/12 "2008-08-11T23:01:33Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] I’d sure like to see Janis, though. [/QUOTE] She was who I thought of, too. And Mark Sandman of Morphine. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/13 "2008-08-11T23:01:53Z")
Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/14 "2008-08-11T23:06:24Z")
I’d say Lennon/Harrison if it was for a Beatles reunion. Otherwise I’d go with Joe Strummer or D. Boon. With Buddy Holly an outside favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/15 "2008-08-11T23:08:26Z")
If I could bring back _two_ dead rockers, it would be Keith Moon and John Entwistle. If only one, then Freddie Mercury. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/16 "2008-08-11T23:24:31Z")
Joe Strummer. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/17 "2008-08-11T23:36:31Z")
Jeff Buckley, he died so young. I wonder what he would have done if he had lived longer. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/18 "2008-08-12T00:38:47Z")
Janis without a doubt… ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/19 "2008-08-12T00:52:07Z")
She wasn’t exactly a rock star, but I’d sure like to be able to attend a Patsy Cline concert. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662/20 "2008-08-12T00:55:58Z")
Rock. I would love to see Queen, so I’d say Freddie Mercury. But if R& B could be categorized under rock, then it’d be Sam Cooke, no question, although Jackie Wilson would be a close runner up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-a-dead-rock-star-back-to-life/459662.md?page=2)